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Related: About this forumLex Wexner of Ohio bought Jeffery Epsteins house in NYC for him
Source-https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/jeffrey-epstein-mansion-photos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b08.Ga-F.sI3R1Xee5FAz&smid=url-share
snip,"The townhouse, a stones throw from Central Park, was sold to Mr. Epstein in 1998 by Leslie H. Wexner, the billionaire owner of L Brands. Mr. Epstein renovated and redecorated the mansion in an eccentric style.

irisblue
(35,803 posts)irisblue
(35,803 posts)Worked in & shopped in his stores, stores like Bath & Body Works, Lane Bryant.
I had radiographs done at the OSU Wexner Medical Center
I enjoyed films & events at the Wexner Center for the Arts on the OSU campus.
Abigail Wexner served on The Ohio State University Board of Trustees from 2014 to 2023. Her term ended in May 2023.
The roots of Epsteins rape culture are embedded in Ohio
Beachnutt
(8,870 posts)google it.
Wiz Imp
(6,750 posts)It says he sold it to him.
It was purchased for $13.2 million by the billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner in 1989. Jeffrey Epstein moved into the house in 1995, at which time he claimed to own it, although its registered ownership changed in 2011 from a trust connected to both Wexner and Epstein to a trust controlled by Epstein.
There was some shady dealing with the house changing ownership in 1998 and 2011, with the transfer price in 2011 being $0. It may be that Wexner in some way sold it to Epstein for nothing. But given that Wexner bought it and owned it for 6 years before Epstein moved in, I don't see how one can say he bought it FOR Epstein.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_N._Straus_House
Grins
(8,787 posts)Last I read was that Wexner gave Epstein 100% financial power of attorney. He could do ANYTHING with Wexners money. One of which was doing a sweetheart transaction that put that mansion in Epsteins hands.